My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.
Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.
My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.
My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.
I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.
My parents were marvelously educated people.
My parents, who were split up, were so good at keeping my environment strong and keeping everything around me not focused on the fact that we were poor. They got me culture. They took me to museums. They showed art to me. They read to me. And my mother drove two hours a day to take me to University Elementary School.
I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.